kind of gotten tired of that. Now they want something a little more drinkable, something that is a little easier to have more than one of and not just a one-and- done kind of beer. TL: To judge the quality of brews from a brewery it is always best to try their lighter styles of beers where you can’t hide any mistakes behind bold malts and hops. Winning gold medals for our two lightest styles: Begbie Cream Ale and High Country Kölsch. It really is a reflection of our exper- tise and attention to quality. Aside from the new brewery in Revelstoke, where can craft beer fans raise a pint of Mt. Begbie- brewed ale or lager? DS: There are lots of great beer houses and craft beer retailers in B.C. and many of them have our beer on tap
– in fact, there are too many to name. There are a few big ones in Vancouver that have our Begbie Cream Ale on tap and in Revelstoke every restaurant and pub, more or less, has our beer on tap. There are a lot of businesses in the Okanagan that have quite a few of our beers on tap as well; Mission Tap House has our beer on tap all the time, for example. So it’s pretty common to see it on tap in the B.C. Interior – but not as much on the coast, yet. We don’t have any taps in Alberta at the moment but that’s just because the Alberta gov- ernment cranked up the taxation on beer from 10 cents a litre to a dollar twenty five a litre last year for imports. It happened when we were positioning ourselves to take on Alberta and they kind of hit us with that, which is unfor- tunate. We love our friends from Alberta and it’s always great when they come visit us in Revelstoke!
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